WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2020

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  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,211 Member
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    Faye - he doesn't like air conditioning either. Even in the tropics. He is a lizard and can take any heat. :o

    Ixchel - What can we call you and where are you? It helps us if you sign off with a name and location. :D He goes off walking in the sunshine for at least an hour every day and sits in the sun to read etc. Plus plenty of oily fish. This wooziness is since the bang on the head. He has been checked out thoroughly at the hospital and has had ECG and blood tests. I hope this latest manoeuvre has cured him.

    I watched a French film tonight upstairs. Excellent. Loved it. Amazon Prime. :D Now I am on the top floor with the fan caressing my body. Lovely. I think if we had been sharing a small apartment I would have left by now. Our house is big enough for both of us and enables us to be pleased to see each other when we do. Light and heat are two things we disagree on. :D<3

    Love to all. The velux blind man is coming tomorrow to have a look.

    Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,211 Member
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    Faye - he doesn't like air conditioning either. Even in the tropics. He is a lizard and can take any heat. :o

    Ixchel - What can we call you and where are you? It helps us if you sign off with a name and location. :D He goes off walking in the sunshine for at least an hour every day and sits in the sun to read etc. Plus plenty of oily fish. This wooziness is since the bang on the head. He has been checked out thoroughly at the hospital and has had ECG and blood tests. I hope this latest manoeuvre has cured him.

    I watched a French film tonight upstairs. Excellent. Loved it. Amazon Prime. :D Now I am on the top floor with the fan caressing my body. Lovely. I think if we had been sharing a small apartment I would have left by now. Our house is big enough for both of us and enables us to be pleased to see each other when we do. Light and heat are two things we disagree on. :D<3

    Love to all. The velux blind man is coming tomorrow to have a look.

    Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 9,702 Member
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    Evening ladies.. here relaxing with Alfie...
    I think i have been trying to sleep to much so will try and stay up and read...
    Tomorrow i have a dentist appointment ,at a new dentist..i havent changed offices in 30 + yrs.. i am going to take 1/2 a adivan 20 minutes before any work is done.
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    edited August 2020
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    Rita: I’m happy to see you’re here. I wonder why they wanted you to change your password. Enquiring minds want to know when we’ll be next. I had to change mine once in the past but don’t remember how long ago it was. :ohwell:

    Lisa: For (((EGG))). Poor kitty. :star:

    Beth: I would keep an eye on gluten free foods if I was NOT on a GF (gluten free) diet at the advice of my doctor. Calories can be higher. DH was placed on a gluten free diet by his doctor and is doing well. He needs to be on a GF diet. BUT gluten free breads are often higher calorie than wheat breads, so I use wheat bread while he uses GF bread. :ohwell: We have had quite a learning curve. When I bake, I use GF products from Bob's Redmill. :star:

    Kate UK: I am also an obsessive knitter. I have no more baby blankets to knit in my future, so I knit cotton dish cloths when I get the fidgets. :smiley:

    Terri: I haven’t been to the hairdresser since Christmas. Let us know whether you’re pleased. :star:

    Rebecca: What a wonderful birthday cake. You are a great mom! :flowerforyou:


    I had a lovely riding lesson yesterday and the possibility of a trail ride next Sunday. My riding helmet is worn to a nubbin and I’ve ordered a new one online. I want to refurbish my old one just in case the new one doesn’t get here in time. The store where I bought the one I have now is in Portland and is currently locked down. I called them, and they are having a terrible time getting product. Amazon fills a gap, but will any other merchant be open after all is said and done? Grocery stores, yes. Stores like Walmart, ACE & Costco, also yes. Local specialty stores? Time will tell. :heart:

    Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
  • Faetta
    Faetta Posts: 1,059 Member
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    Rebecca Happy birthday to your son! Wish I could help make that cake disappear. I haven't baked one for years. On the rare occasion, I bake, I do rich chocolate brownies with sour cherries mixed in.

    Terri Great you have hairdressers open. Your length looks great but always nice to get a fresh trim.

    Grandmallie Dental work is no fun and hope your new dentist is good, I went to the same dentist for 25 years and my teeth just kept getting worse despite great homecare. I went to new dentist that had to pull several because of bad root canals and poor crown work that the other guy had done over the years. The bill to restore what I had left was too much plus I needed at least a partial. I went to the specialist and he found more teeth that were bad to the bone, so I had them all pulled and went the premium denture route. My health improved (no more chronic gum infections) but dentures are a royal pain. I had to take the happy pill the last few visits to the dentist. It was still hard to bear.

    Heather DH sounds like my old neighbor Zek. Old fart kept his place about 80 year around.

    Faye
    NW USA

  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 24,870 Member
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    exermom wrote: »
    I told Vince that we would take it up to DE with us in Sept. He said he didn’t think we were going. I told him “why not” “restaurants are open, the beaches are open” How do I know this? A friend of mine told me and she lives in Rehoboth Beach. My friend Eileen from grade school now in NC just went there for a week and she didn’t have to self-quarantine. Neither did my other friend, Rita, from NJ. I don’t know what’s up with him.

    Michele NC

    Just because things are open doesn't necessarily mean it's safe to go there.

    Things are quite open around here, but I've stepped into a shop and stepped back out again if I felt it was too crowded with people. Theoretically I would be all right in there, but personally, I don't feel comfortable being close to people.


    Also, I don't know how old Vince is, but Australia has an extra warning for older Australians:
    https://www.health.gov.au/news/health-alerts/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-health-alert/advice-for-people-at-risk-of-coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-older-people

    "People aged 70 years and over, people aged 65 years and over with chronic medical conditions, people with compromised immune systems ... are at greater risk of more serious illness if they are infected with coronavirus."


    This site goes on to define chronic medical conditions:
    https://www.health.gov.au/news/health-alerts/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-health-alert/advice-for-people-at-risk-of-coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-people-with-chronic-health-conditions

    You are at high risk of severe illness from COVID-19 if you:
    • have had an organ transplant and are on immune suppressive therapy
    • have had a bone marrow transplant in the past 2 years
    • are on immune suppressive therapy for graft versus host disease
    • have had blood cancer, in the past 5 years, including leukaemia, lymphoma or myelodysplastic syndrome
    • are having chemotherapy or radiotherapy

    You are at moderate risk of severe illness from COVID-19 if you have:
    • chronic kidney (renal) failure
    • heart disease (coronary heart disease or failure)
    • chronic lung disease, excluding mild or moderate asthma
    • had cancer in the past 12 months
    • diabetes
    • severe obesity with a body mass index of 40 kg/m2 or more
    • chronic liver disease
    • some neurological conditions such as stroke or dementia
    • some chronic inflammatory conditions and treatments
    • other primary or acquired immunodeficiency
    • poorly controlled hypertension (may increase risk)

    Your level of risk depends on other factors, including your age, gender and whether you smoke.


    So if Vince falls within the "greater risk" category, he may be feeling the need to be extra cautious. My husband falls within that category so we're very careful about where we go.


    Machka in Oz
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 24,870 Member
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    Katla49 wrote: »
    Machka: I know you used to ride bikes with your DH for fun. If he can’t balance on a two-wheeler, perhaps a trike would be a good choice. We had to make that transition several years ago due to DH’s MS. The trikes we have are made in Utah. The brand is terratryke. Balance is not a worry. Ours have two wheels up front and one behind. Motorized assist is an available option but we haven’t tried it. Neither of us has ever had a fall while riding our terratrykes. :noway:

    Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon

    My husband is all right on a bicycle - a 2-wheeler. :) But he is much more affected by fatigue than he used to be so we can only ride short distances now.

    We're trying to build up a bit after both of our surgeries. A week or so ago, we did a 8.5 km ride. This past weekend we did a 12 km ride. If we can, we'd like to build up to 50 km by October. Still really short for us, but better than nothing!


    He finds walking more difficult because of his left leg and double vision. If the ground is nice and flat and clearly visible, it's OK, but if there are undulations or a combination of shade and light, that's difficult.


    Machka in Oz
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 24,870 Member
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    I envy various ones of you your heat! I like heat! I miss heat!

    I'm not keen on cold. Yet, here I am living in chilly Tasmania.

    M in Oz
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,344 Member
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    Went to Food Lion today. Have to go back Wednesday at 11:30 for some sort of “test”. I have a feeling it won’t be much at all.

    Donna – welcome

    Debbie     – do you know that this year was the first year Vince EVER shucked corn. What a deprived childhood he had!

    I don’t mind the heat as long as it isn’t humid.

    I’m thinking that the next project I will maybe do is make sourdough bread. But the thing I think about is that making it, I would want to eat it. My neighbor made it when we first moved here and Vince wouldn’t eat it so it was left to me. So I know that if I made sourdough bread it would be left to me to eat. Wonder if you can make sourdough biscuits? Anyone try it? Maybe Vince will eat that if I don’t tell him it’s sourdough. The “sour” in the name probably turns him off. From looking on the internet for how to make the sourdough, it looks like there is a lot of waste of the starter.

    Carol and Beth     – now I’m just the opposite. I don’t take Novocain for a crown. I did take it for the root canal, but that was over 10 years ago. Since then, I haven’t had Novocain for anything. Everyone’s different.

    Faye – for $3 even if you think you’d never wear it, I’d buy it and if it turns out that I didn’t wear it, I’d just donate it. Who knows? You might wind up wearing it.

    Debbie – doing a craft helps me not to eat at night mainly because if I get the material/yarn dirty I know who has to clean it!

    M     – but I miss seeing PJ (not going up there). He doesn’t even know us. For the few days, I honestly don’t think we’re going to have any problems. I’m going to think positive. If Vince doesn’t go, I will. But I think he’ll go. He’s 66. Fortunately, he doesn’t have any of those chronic medical conditions.

    Tracey     – no, Denise isn’t expecting again. I just miss PJ. It’ll be a year in September since we’ve even seen him in person. The last time I even saw him on Skype was in early May for his birthday. We’ve missed his first Halloween, Christmas, New Years, Easter, birthday, and probably others that I haven’t thought of.

    Michele NC
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 24,870 Member
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    Snowflake1968 wrote: »
    Machka - my maternal grandmother chose to leave her home and went into a seniors boarding home. In 2000 my brother and his wife moved in with her to help fend fires and such. It also gave her piece of mind as she was scared she wouldn’t hear a smoke alarm in the night. When she became more unsteady on her feet my brother asked her to move her bedroom downstairs. She refused. She also refused any family member helping her with any personal care. She decided to move at that point.

    My Dad also chose to go to the hospital for his last two weeks so Mom and I didn’t need to help with his personal care. I think I would make the same decisions, I don’t want my girls to have to care for me. Visit me and love me, but don’t care for me.

    Tracey in Edmonton

    Yes, if at all possible, I would like to make those choices myself too.

    I have no family home I'm tied to.

    I've done dramatic downsizes twice and as soon as I'm finished this degree I'm working on, I want to get into our home office and downsize the file boxes (scanning and/or tossing). There are several other things I'd like to work may way through as well, to downsize and make a potential move easier.

    And we're slowly saving up for a hopeful move back to Canada in a few years ... who knows now, might not be for another 5 years or so ... so that we can go into a convenient place for both my husband and me.

    As you say, I don't want people to have to care for me. Visit me and love me, but don’t care for me. :)


    On that note, there was an ad on TV that had both my husband and I growling a bit.

    It showed a woman in the forefront sitting at a kitchen counter with a cup of tea. She looks to be about 45-ish. In the background, sitting on a sofa, is an older woman who looks maybe 70-ish. In the shot the younger woman is clear and the older woman is slightly blurry although they focus in on her briefly a couple times.

    The younger woman speaks and says something along the lines of ... "We noticed Mom wasn't able to manage the large house as well anymore. We didn't know what to do. Then someone told us about "Some total care home". My husband and I visited "Some total care home" and we so impressed we signed Mom up there and then. Mom has never been happier!" (focus in on beaming Mom) They have this, that, and the other to do so Mom is never bored or lonely. (shot of Mom walking briskly down a path with another older woman). If you have an elderly relative, we highly recommend "Some total care home". It's such a relief to have Mom there.

    What gets us about it is ... where was Mom in the decision-making process? Mom looks to be a strong healthy woman ... doesn't she get a choice?


    M in Oz
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 16,547 Member
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  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 2,947 Member
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    exermom wrote: »
    Went to Food Lion today. Have to go back Wednesday at 11:30 for some sort of “test”. I have a feeling it won’t be much at all.

    Donna – welcome

    Debbie     – do you know that this year was the first year Vince EVER shucked corn. What a deprived childhood he had!

    I don’t mind the heat as long as it isn’t humid.

    I’m thinking that the next project I will maybe do is make sourdough bread. But the thing I think about is that making it, I would want to eat it. My neighbor made it when we first moved here and Vince wouldn’t eat it so it was left to me. So I know that if I made sourdough bread it would be left to me to eat. Wonder if you can make sourdough biscuits? Anyone try it? Maybe Vince will eat that if I don’t tell him it’s sourdough. The “sour” in the name probably turns him off. From looking on the internet for how to make the sourdough, it looks like there is a lot of waste of the starter.

    Carol and Beth     – now I’m just the opposite. I don’t take Novocain for a crown. I did take it for the root canal, but that was over 10 years ago. Since then, I haven’t had Novocain for anything. Everyone’s different.

    Faye – for $3 even if you think you’d never wear it, I’d buy it and if it turns out that I didn’t wear it, I’d just donate it. Who knows? You might wind up wearing it.

    Debbie – doing a craft helps me not to eat at night mainly because if I get the material/yarn dirty I know who has to clean it!

    M     – but I miss seeing PJ (not going up there). He doesn’t even know us. For the few days, I honestly don’t think we’re going to have any problems. I’m going to think positive. If Vince doesn’t go, I will. But I think he’ll go. He’s 66. Fortunately, he doesn’t have any of those chronic medical conditions.

    Tracey     – no, Denise isn’t expecting again. I just miss PJ. It’ll be a year in September since we’ve even seen him in person. The last time I even saw him on Skype was in early May for his birthday. We’ve missed his first Halloween, Christmas, New Years, Easter, birthday, and probably others that I haven’t thought of.

    Michele NC


    My husband had no clue how to shuck- still doesn't really know how.
    I did great not snacking when I was making all the masks- now I have a surplus of them done(with tons of more fabric ready to go) but no one is interested in them. Before that it was Christmas ornaments and 3D printed butterflies that I decorated. I was making and selling at the craft fairs(including the one we have at my parents- our Gourd and Craft Festival)- now have a surplus of them ready and no fairs to sell at. I did buy some patterns for a few skirts/dresses that I may make for myself- haven't sewn anything for me in years- hates when I gained the weight and had to go up a size- really shocked when I saw the size I had to use now, even after loosing most of the extra weight(only 15 more to loose to get to my goal of 125)- I know pattern sizes run big and it is because I have more curves than I did 40yrs ago when I was doing all my sewing but still hard to see that big number.
    Pictures of the butterfly pins(also made bigger ones that were magnets) and some of the ornaments.

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    Debbie


  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
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    Machka: So happy to know your DH is all right with riding on a 2 wheeler bike. That is great news for a couple who have loved cycling for so long. Shorter distances fit with his health challenges. Perhaps you can ride shorter distances more often, and hopefully he will gradually gain stamina for longer rides. An 8 KM ride and a 12 KM ride sound like excellent rides that may lead to more to come. Congratulations on progess!!! :heart:

    Michelle: We have enjoyed sourdough biscuits, & I think sourdough rolls would be a big hit with the family and for you. We usually make sourdough pancakes. They are a well-loved occasional treat. Let us know how it works out if you decide to try it. :smiley:

    Pip: CCCC back-atcha! I hope you and Kirby are settling in and having fun. :flowerforyou:


    Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
  • kymarai
    kymarai Posts: 3,607 Member
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  • Snowflake1968
    Snowflake1968 Posts: 6,740 Member
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    Michele - sorry, I thought you had mentioned a shower when you were talking about the lamps.

    Machka - I have learned very quickly in the last year that most “children” rarely think of the parent and only think about what they believe to be the best. My Mom is in a nursing home but we still ask her opinion on anything concerning her. We may not do it, but we listen and weigh her opinions.

    What part of Canada will you come back to?

    Tracey in Edmonton

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